Dress or garment form



Oct. 2 1923. 1,469,653

v.1. c. JANKus DRESS OR GARMENTr FORM Filed June 26. 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet1 ct. 2 w23. L4953 J. C. JANKUS DRESS 0R GARMENT FORM v Filed' June 26.19.20 2 Sheets-She'et 2 Patented oef, 2,1923.

useful improvements in Dress or-'Garinent` i.

or noMnsTionTs moNorfnELAWAnn i webwml@ r To all wiofmz'zf may concern.'

zen ofthe United States, residing1 at S oranv ton, in the countyorLaelrayvanna andigState Y:

of' Pennsylvania`, have invented new and Foru-is, of Whie hfthelfollowing. is'e-ispeoification '1 :Thi s invention relates to dress orlgarment? ViorinsV and the objects are to provide af form1'suitable"means',y such' as by c heuseofV an ad- ;he'sive, and the'flanged portionstriinmed ofi' which shall `befinexpensiveTofmanufacture,

a relatively small Aspaoe,fthe`reby' 'facilitating' storage andshipping, and.Whichfshal-l be 15 readilydetaohable in all of itspartssofthat it may be easilyf handledf'fvvith fa view toffe# Y'cilitatinglandrenderingless arduous theopLV eratione offittinggarnie'ntsthereon.' 1 With the aboveand other;objects in'view, myinvention eo'ns1sts^ 'of` certain Afeatures of structure, combinationand frelation ivhioh lwillbe more vfully fset'forthhereinafter. r: f

` .j proved form;

1:1r` have illustrated'sone embodimentof'flny invention inthejacoornpanying''dIaWi-ngs5-` y y 1 'Y bybe-,divirled into twoequalseetionsfand "sop wherein:

Figure ljis Figure 2 is a vertical section through' .a

portion my improved form and standard.

Figure 3 isaV perspective .View ofl my Ainiproved form assembled forpaoking'f!4 i Figure' 4 is a 'frontelevationfof! 1n f a fforni of one oflthe bustseotions Figure 5 is a rear elevationof fied Vforni illustratedin Figure" l.

`Figure 6 is a'cross-section-throuigh @pairv of Jthe sections showingtheside flanges.

' YFigure 7 is aview similar to Figure 6v showing the Hangt-3s trimmed Ein finished form.

'Rferring'to the drawings, in` its coiniv y pleted'oonditionla dressform constructed'ac-V Cordiiig to my invention consists primarily of twoparts, the upper'orbustportion la and 1 thelower or skirtl portion Qwhioh are; inl praetice, readily detachable, Vone from the"A i' other.In order'toaeilitate andcheap'en the manufactureof this artiole, Ipreferto inake i i the forni of papier-mch Vonpaper pulp and toconstruct eachvdetaohable section of the forni in two parts, by means ofan apparatus suh "as is described and Claimed in my copendingapplication Serial No.`39l,8-73`, tiled J une 26, 1920, and whereby thei sections are Be it known rthaftlg JACK Ci demnos; abiti;r

Sat this time 2 to position fthe center line body the modi? videdVivithfsidelange portions, as `at Baiid,V

Figures 6 and 7);1'andjlina'y :be -providedxvith centerline bodygrooves,""as atie',- as` indicated the grooves Abea'ra certaindeiniter'relation' tot-he 'fsidezlangeportions Whichrnayalsobe 'Y lused'fonfa similar. purpose. @Itis-preferred,

grooves .softhat each section 1 part lu'rill'ifthereV- thel provisionVvof the side flanges 'and the re feadiiyfdiseernibie guidegeare'pmidedifor the position-iingfoi" the garrnentfonfthe'forin.f :1 l ItYisfpreferdtofprvide these `four v indi- 'eating linesivithaviewito"havingmeans'afoi f f; y the ittingof thedifferentstyles'of'garmentg it being Well known' that, certain garments,` 'areprovided VWith'olosures at' Vthe Y centerline of the body," othersbeing` adapted toolo'se zatl y thesidejandaf-forrn'oonstruote'd-vinaccord;

k'andevvith-niy invention Will`autonuati'cally 'V indicate the properandtrue lineal0ng'Whionsuehclosure'should lie aridwill also'facili- "V 1i tate the vproper positioning and distancing;

of the -variousseams of'fthe garment?-I'tlis Y i -Yfurtherfwithinthe'conter'nplation ofj-thisin--y ventiou that the front and backcenterline y bodygrooves may `beilletil Withffan insert of .YQ 'felt orother materialfvvherebyf portionsfo y yfthe garment maybe pinnedthfereto and that,V the forrnseotions may be Covered withjerseyolothvoro-ther equivalent material, if ldeiY sired; n0 special lclaim beingmade to this A feature.'

f "losfs 'Referringto the preferredfo'rm ofiny inj volition-,illustrated in Figures -l'toof theyf' Q drawings, in ordertoerlfectivelyfsebure the v bust lportion of the form upon the skirtpor-V tion the bust portion is p-rovided at its lower part With anannular yflange vor ,collar 5. -Tliis flange lor collar is fniade of anysuitable material and infsoine eases may beY cast integral with theportion from which" it depends. A i

` The skirt potion 2 is closed'at itsup'per end by means of a spider or,disk 6 iv-hiel; provides a seat for the depending flange of thek bustportion. vThis spider nis :formed 1 with an axial recess 47 Which isadapted to V-iiig' device.

receive the; adjusting 'rod 8 ofthe -form standard.rvr lhis adjustingrod in-ay Lbe of` any suitable size or shape fand is freely slid-V ableand telescopes uponV the .standard rod .9. The adjustii'igrod-inay besecured `at any desired height by means of aset screw suoli as isillustrated at `lO, or othersuita'ble Yfasten- Thel standard rod Y -issCrQW- t-nreaded into arbase portion 1l.

ln order to `-faciliate storing andv ship-ping of the Various-units oftliedfress or'in they' are 'so propgrtioned that, as illustrated inFigure 3 of'tliedrawing, the j-bust form may be inserted in the lowerpart of Y the skirt form,thest'andard rod 9 detached -trom the base andthe adjusting rod ftele'scoped there- Y Y on, Wliereuponthe funitsinaybe lassembled the formindicated in the gurejofjdrawing yreferred to andthereby' oceupying'a Vrelatively sniall space.

lt is apparent from the `foregoing `descriptiongtlia'ttlie device inaybe lused eitlierfas ra V`Waist (ir-'skirt -o-rni Vfor as a combinationof the two, in the rstfuse, the bust formbeing detached ronitiheskirtform, in whichaposi? 'i tion itgis adapted tobe placed in 'the/slap vofthe personWorkingjthereon or on a taib'e, 40

, isalsoapparent that't'hez'sarneoperatiqn may Y be eonduetediwith theskirt form-When .only Y 415A l 1 chair lor 'any otherconvenientloation,there; by rendering thelftting offt'lie' gaifnientstheretoinucliieasierY Tfor 'the :operator: lit

that portion isto be used.

156mm:- Y ,i Y l. In a dress form, the vcombinationrof a '3l-sustnienibei liaving anr annular flange pro,`

ecting from vtheflower part thereof,Y a skirt form, and a supportingstandard, said `*Skirt form `Yhav`ing a member secured thereto adjacentits upper edge, said 'member providing a seat for theannilar flange 'andvbeing pro vided With an aXial recess for receiving one end oi:-` saidsupporting standard.v

y2. In fa dress form, the combination oi a bust portion formed with anannularv iaiige lat the 'lower end thereof, a skirt portion,

for supporting said skirt form, and a second' standard teleso'opingwithin said first named standard,'wliereby said'bust and skirtportioiis'and standards can be readily disassembled and placed incompact'form'V by inserting y the bust within the* lskirtportioi'iandarranging "the standards in telescoping'relation. 'f

v3. :ln a dressiform, the combination of a bust `vportion lprovidedVwith' an annular Hange at its lowerend, a. skirt portion, a

:disk attached to the upper end offsa'id skirtk 'portion providing a.seat Jr'or Ysaid annularA 1 rl'an'gasaid diskhaying ank axialoircularrecess formed therein, ia: supporting standard having'a'slia'ft' Vformed Withravey-lindrical .portion 'adapted to engage :insaid recess for tions'.

lnVK testimony Whereofl have/hereunto X'Otambly supo'tlgthe bust andskirt per- Vset "hand fin :presence of two subscribing Witnesses.v n n cY n ,Y 'JACK G. JANKUS. Witnesses:f f y

